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Keywords: Object | Emancipation | Body
Works by Rebecca Horn:
Berlin Exercises in Nine Pieces
Berlin Exercises in Nine Pieces: Exercise 1: Scratching Both Walls at Once Berlin Exercises in Nine Pieces: Exercise 2: Twinkling Berlin Exercises in Nine Pieces: Exercise 3: Feathers Dancing On Shoulders Berlin Exercises in Nine Pieces: Exercise 4: Keeping Those Legs from Touching Each Other Berlin Exercises in Nine Pieces: Exercise 5: Two Little Fish Remember a Dance Berlin Exercises in Nine Pieces: Exercise 6: Rooms Encountering Each Other Berlin Exercises in Nine Pieces: Exercise 7: The Jungle Sheds Her Skin Berlin Exercises in Nine Pieces: Exercise 8: Cutting One’s Hair with Two Scissors at Once Berlin Exercises in Nine Pieces: Execise 9: Epilogue Pencil Mask The Dancing Cavalier Unicorn Finger Gloves Memorial Promenade (Buster's Bedroom) Paradise Widow White Body Fan
Rebecca Horn
«Cornucopia, Seance for Two Breasts»
A poetical construction that makes one think of a fabulous nurse machine, of a creative form lending the nourishing function of the female body a meaning that also comprehends the self-referentialism of the adult. From this perspective, the idea of self-nourishment takes on a vital dimension whose other, more constricting side is revealed by the usage of the black tape and the ligature with the head. Mythological figure, poetical construction and purpose-free object – these attributes of so many of Rebecca Horn's works can also be associated with this object, which bears a close relation to the performances shown in the films «Performances I», 1972, and «Performances II», 1973.
